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The BBC has announced it is to stop downloads from pcs and macs from iplayer.
This has upset many people, particularly people in areas with poorer internet and train/plane travellers.
I use it a lot as I use subtitles, and subtitles sync better with audio in the downloaded versions (same on Amazon Prime). When viewing online, the subtitles are often a couple of seconds out of sync.
This is a shockingly bad decision from the BBC who are a public service.
Whichever self important pompous idiots who made this decision should be sacked immediately.
The "overgruppenfuhrers" try and justify it saying you can download on a mobile phone but that is hopeless for things that need a decent sized screen e.g. sports, wildlife etc.
The BBC was once the jewel in the crown. What a joke they are becoming. We all know why the BBC is in serious decline - the dreaded W word!
IMO, it is time the BBC was sold, saving us megabucks in the licence fee.
As an aside, I do not know if this will affect get_iplayer.
This has upset many people, particularly people in areas with poorer internet and train/plane travellers.
I use it a lot as I use subtitles, and subtitles sync better with audio in the downloaded versions (same on Amazon Prime). When viewing online, the subtitles are often a couple of seconds out of sync.
This is a shockingly bad decision from the BBC who are a public service.
Whichever self important pompous idiots who made this decision should be sacked immediately.
The "overgruppenfuhrers" try and justify it saying you can download on a mobile phone but that is hopeless for things that need a decent sized screen e.g. sports, wildlife etc.
The BBC was once the jewel in the crown. What a joke they are becoming. We all know why the BBC is in serious decline - the dreaded W word!
IMO, it is time the BBC was sold, saving us megabucks in the licence fee.
As an aside, I do not know if this will affect get_iplayer.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14
- CPU
- I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB soldered
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop OLED screen
- Screen Resolution
- 2880x1800 touchscreen
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
- PSU
- Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
- Keyboard
- Built in UK keybd
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
- Internet Speed
- 900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
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Maybe you could remember my suggestion, in case get_iplayer stops working.
